After finishing with a silver and bronze to his name in the 2019 South East Asia games, it may be time for an overdue gold medal this Olympics. The Australia- based Filipino holds several national records including the 50 meter freestyle and 50 meter butterfly events. Gebbie qualified by virtue of having enough points from FINA. Gebbie and fellow swimmer Remedy Rule completed the 19 athletes that will compete in the Olympics for the Philippines. While her back is against the wall with strong competition with the likes of skateboarding hotbeds Brazil, Japan, and the United States sure to field virtuoso skaters, Didal is as strong a bet as any of our athletes to get that elusive gold medal for the Philippines. The 2020 Asia Skater of the Year Awardee qualified for the Olympics by virtue of being the 13th ranked female skater in the world.
She officially qualified for Tokyo by lifting a 90kg snatch in the Asian Weightlifting Championships held in April of this year.ĭidal is a fan favorite and a trailblazer for Philippine skating and she needs no introduction. She might one up herself this year, bettering her runner up placing in the Rio Olympics in 2016. Though overshadowed by star weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, the Cebuana has all the tools needed to make her own mark and bring the nation pride this coming Olympics.īarbosa clinched his berth after gutting out a last gasp win in the 2021 Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.īarbosa is the sole Taekwondo representative for the Philippines and the 2019 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist hopes to fly the jins’ banner high in the Olympics when he competes in the 58-kg weight class.ĭiaz needs no introduction to Filipino fans and the weightlifting world is sure to have their eyes on her at the Olympics. These 19 athletes hope to make the Pearl of the East proud and bring home that elusive gold medal.Īndo earned her berth for Tokyo 2020 via continental allocation as the highest ranked athlete in the International Weightlifting Federation absolute ranking list for the women's -64kg event in Asia. Sports fans and athletes were deprived of the quadrennial event in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic but the greatest athletic competition on earth is finally set to begin on July 23 of 2021 in Tokyo.Įvery athlete’s dream is to wave the flag of their country in their respective sport in the Olympics and the Philippines is no different.
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